I’m on the 18th hour of being awake. Yep. The monthly board meeting day. The crack of dawn wake up time of 4:45 to get ready and get in the car and leave no later than 5:20 sharp in order to miss morning traffic which results in me being at work at 6 a.m., 30 minutes early, but if I leave after 5:20, I would have gotten there at 6:30 or later. I was going to make dinner, but decided not to, so I came home to the Brandon the Handyman Show. I kept “just in case I get electrocuted”...
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Well, more like tolerable. 😉 You’ll find out here in a bit what I’m talking about. Dinner with my girlfriends last night was fantastic. It was “Appetizers for dinner” potluck at Brenda’s instead of going out to a restaurant. Everything dish had cheese in it and the gracious host kept pouring the wine. I brought over 3 smaller version of Giada’s Mini Italian Club Sandwiches and 1 with just the egg and cheese plus added tomato slices for Lee, our lone vegatarian. Instead of the big foccacia round, I used 4 freshly made Italian rolls I bought from Downtown sandwich...
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1. Kitz changed the look of her blog last night as well. Great minds think alike! 2. Amy called to let me know she was bringing the birthday card for us to sign for Eva. (Happy Birthday, darling!) I was suddenly reminded that I should probably deck out her cubicle before she gets there. “Good morning,” chimed Eva, not 2 seconds after I hung up the phone. Well, crap. So much for the birthday ambush. Timing is frelling everything, isn’t it? That reminded me of when we tried to surprise Amy last month. We were all in her office, putting...
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The pig wasn’t roasted over open fire after all. But in a permanent luau pit. Oh yes. This guy built a luau pit in his back yard for this specific purpose. And I actually didn’t eat all that much of the pig since I had been pigging out on appetizers through the afternoon. And 2 beers with no effects! I mean, wow. I am really becoming an alcoholic! We were there from 2 until around 5 when they went to get the pig out. I didn’t see that part of the ordeal because I was watching USC kicking off against...
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I’m in a food coma and getting sleepier by the seconds so I won’t be long. So I had ONE Irish Car Bomb last night, the drinking night with my coworkers. (Details later). Tonight, I had a margarita and one BIG, FAT carnitas taco. Have I mentioned that I LOVE PORK? Especially bacon. And carnitas. And crispy skin roasted suckling pig. And Thai 3-layered crispy pork. And baby back ribs. This Saturday, we are going to a Pig Party where there will be one big pig roasting over open fire. Gotta love the Greeks! Or Filipinos??? (Hmm….Lechón…) Wait, don’t the...
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Like how I remember my last trip to Disneyland was on the day we learned that Princess Diana died, I will remember this Labor Day weekend as the weekend that we lost Steve Irwin. And that I painted my first painting on canvas. The long weekend has been just perfect. Up until I heard the news. Saturday, like I said, I slept from 12-12. Got 4 loads of laundry done through the course of USC kicking Arkansas’ butt. Oh yes. I love a game where I can actually leave the TV to go do things and not worry too much....
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